Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMeta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down119
arrow-up1378arrow-down1external-linkMeta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'www.wired.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareAidsKitty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·1 year agoIt’s freedom of speech. Being able to say what you want and suffer the consequences of your decisions is what it is all about.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoExcept it’s not really “freedom of speech?” You can’t normally say someone is mentally ill - the verbiage is that you can specifically only call LGBT people mentally ill.
It’s freedom of speech. Being able to say what you want and suffer the consequences of your decisions is what it is all about.
Except it’s not really “freedom of speech?” You can’t normally say someone is mentally ill - the verbiage is that you can specifically only call LGBT people mentally ill.